Sod-liner.



R. M. & A. T- VARDAMAN.

` SOD LINER. APPLICATION FILED 1113.8, 1912.

lPatented Sept. 9, 1913.

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ROBERT M. VARDAMAN AND ALBERT T. VABDAMAN, OF IRONATON, ALABAMA.

SOD-LINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 9, 1913.

Application filed March 8, 1912. Sera1No.r682,5i12. i

To all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that we, ROBERT M. VARDA- MAN and ALBERT T. VARDAMAN, citizens of the United States, residing at Ironaton, in the county of rTalladega, State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bod-Liners; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new andy useful impro-vements in sod liners for trackmen or the like.

An object of this invention is the provision of a sod liner for lever cars or the like and which is so constructed that when attached to a car it will mark a line parallel to the track providing a means for gaging the distance for digging ditches, laying sod or the like.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a sod liner which will be comparatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture, reliable and efficient in use. and readily operated.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a sod liner which can be -very quickly applied to or removed from ak lever car and which when applied can be adjusted to any desired position relative to theA said car.

With the above and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formations, combinations and arrangements of partsV to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which p Figure 1 is a top plan view of our invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig` 3 is a transverse sectional view thereof. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof. Fig. 5 is a detailed sectional view of a portion of our invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings by similar characters of reference throughout the several views, the numeral 10 designatesv generally a car which is supported by the customary sills 11 which consist of the longitudinally.' extending upper and lower members 12 and 13, the said members 12 and 13 being held in spaced relation to each other by spacingl blocks 14. The beams 12 and 13 are provided adjacent their terminals with registering bearings 15 and 16 shown in the accompanying drawings vas being arranged upon the opposite sides of the beam, this being shown merely to indicate that the same may bek placed in either position.

A pair of links 17 are pivo-tally connected between the bearings 15 and 16 by means of a pivot pin 18, while the outer ends of these links extend within recesses 19 formed in the opposite sides of a supportingblock 20, in which recesses 19 the ends of the links 17 are pivotally connected by bolts or other similar fastening devices 21. f

A connecting plate 22k is attached to the intermediate portions'of the beams 12 and 13 and is'formed with a socketed extension 23 for the reception of one end of a bar 24. rlhe bar 24 extends through a longitudinal vslot or opening 25 formed in the block 20."

The2 bar 24 is formed with a plurality of perforations 26 to provide a means wherebyl which carries journaled upon its lower end v a marking disk 31 adapted for engagement n with the ground whereby a line will be marked parallel to the track upon the passage of the car which supports the improved marker. f

From the foregoing disclosures 'taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, it will bel manifest thata sod liner such as described is provided for which will fulfil all of the necessary requirements of such a device. It should be understood in this connection that various minor changesin the details of construction may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claim without vdeparting' from'or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described this invention what we claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent, is:

The combination with a car body, of a' sections, the inner end of the inner section marker carried at the outer end of the outer being supported by the car body and the,V section. Y

outer and inner ends'on said sections being In testimony whereof, We alix our signadisposed in overlapped relation within the tures, in presence of two Witnesses.

5 passage of said block and provided with ROBERT M YVARDAMAN perforations adapted to be brouffht into L T successive registration byA relative lngitudi- ALBERT T' VARDAMB nal movement of said sections, a `bolt car- Nitnessesz ried by the block and engaged through reg- J. L. MGLANE,

' 10 istered openings of the sections, and *at K. H. CAMP.

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